Sweden: The most in-form strike pairing at EURO
Monday, June 13, 2016
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Sweden's starting forwards – Zlatan Ibrahimović and Marcus Berg – scored 53 league goals between them in 2015/16 ... more than any other strike pair at UEFA EURO 2016.
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Marcus Berg got the nod ahead of John Guidetti to partner Zlatan Ibrahimović in the Sweden attack against Republic of Ireland. The stats from the season just gone make it easy to see why. UEFA.com delved deep into the 2015/16 campaign to discover which scoring duo from the UEFA EURO 2016 contenders plundered the most league goals combined. Here's what we found ...
2015/16 league goals
Sweden
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris Saint-Germain): 38
Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos): 15
TOTAL: 53
Poland
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern): 30
Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax): 21
TOTAL: 51
England
Harry Kane (Tottenham): 25
Jamie Vardy (Leicester): 24
TOTAL: 49
France
André-Pierre Gignac (Tigres UANL): 24
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid): 22
TOTAL: 46
Germany
Mario Gomez (Beşiktaş): 26
Thomas Müller (Bayern): 20
TOTAL: 46